Local organizers will hold a get-out-the-vote event Saturday at the Benton County Courthouse in Corvallis as part of a nationwide day of voter mobilization called “No Kings: Vote Early.”
The event runs from noon to 3 p.m. at the courthouse, 120 NW Fourth St. Organizers say the goal is to encourage people to vote early and turn out in large numbers for the Nov. 3 general election.
“We plan to mobilize an unprecedented level of voter participation in the upcoming midterm elections,” event organizer George Stevens said in a news release. “Power does not belong in the hands of billionaires, strongmen or politicians, it belongs in the hands of the people, and we exercise our power through our votes.”…